Edwards Joined by Medical VictimsSeattle Times -2 hours agoBy CHARLES BABINGTON AP Writer In an emotional campaign event, Democrat John Edwards was joined Sunday by three families that suffered medical tragedies as he continued to pound insurance companies for what he calls greedy decisions that hurt working ...Edwards and the SarkisyansCBS NewsInsurer denial revives argument over health care accessLos Angeles Daily NewsMSNBC - Contra Costa Times - phillyBurbs.com - Bay Area Indymediaall 10 news articles

  dBTechnoSevere Pneumonia Can Be Effectively Treated at HomeVoice of America -Jan 5, 2008By Lisa Schlein A new study sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows children with severe pneumonia can be effectively treated at home and do not need to be hospitalized.New advice for treating childhood pneumonia urgedReutersBU study touts home treatment for pneumoniaBoston GlobeFinancial Times - Washington Post - eFluxMedia - Occupational Health Safetyall 188 news articles

  China PostWhy Hospitals Are Dangerous Places for Heart AttacksABC News -Jan 3, 2008In about a third of cardiac arrest cases in hospitals, staffs do not respond quickly enough, which increases the risk of brain damage and death.Hospitals have their limitsIndianapolis StarDefibrillation Comes Late in 30 Percent of Hospital CasesAtlanta Journal ConstitutionMedical News Today - United Press International - NewsHour - Hartford Courantall 57 news articles

  OverTheLimit.infoDrugs Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression, Study FindsNew York Times -Jan 3, 2008By BENEDICT CAREY The drugs most widely used to manage aggressive outbursts in intellectually disabled people are no more effective than placebos for most patients and may be less so, researchers report.J&J drugs don't work in treating aggression: studyReutersHealth Highlights: Jan. 6, 2008ForbesBloomberg - BBC News - eFluxMedia - United Press Internationalall 46 news articles

  eFluxMediaUPDATE 1-US FDA clears Luminex test to ID respiratory bugsReuters -Jan 3, 2008WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - US regulators on Thursday said they approved a new test from Luminex Corp. (LMNX.O: Quote, Profile, Research) to detect a dozen infectious respiratory viruses, including the strain of influenza that has been a major factor ...Shares of Luminex rise on FDA approvalBusinessWeekViraCor Laboratories Is First National Reference Laboratory To ...FOX News7Online.com - WZZM - Medical News Today - Milwaukee Business Journalall 39 news articles

  dBTechnoFDA Reviews New Amgen, J&J DataWall Street Journal -Jan 3, 2008By JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration said it is reviewing additional information submitted by Amgen Inc. and Johnson & Johnson involving risks associated with the antianemia drugs Aranesp, Epogen and Procrit and ...FDA says more action possible on J&J, Amgen drugsReutersFresh concerns about Amgen's anemia drugsLos Angeles TimesKaiser network.org - Boston Globe - WebMD - InjuryBoard.comall 50 news articles

  The Money TimesCancer risk from toxic air drops by 17% in SouthlandLos Angeles Times -Jan 5, 2008An AQMD report cautions that many areas still have dangerously high levels of pollution. Diesel exhaust is the largest problem. By Janet Wilson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Cancer risk from Southern California's air pollution has declined 17% over ...Study finds cancer risk from SoCal air pollution still highSan Jose Mercury NewsAir improves, but not enoughOCRegisterDaily Breeze - Long Beach Press-Telegram - Press-Enterprise - eFluxMediaall 107 news articles

  Canada.comTuberculosis exposure feared on India-to-US flightReuters -Jan 4, 2008WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - US health officials are trying to track down 44 people who sat near a woman infected with a hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis aboard an airliner from India to determine whether they have been infected, authorities said on ...Four Illinois residents tested for TBChicago TribuneCDC seeks 44 on flight with TB patientOlberlinNew York Times - WWMTall 39 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesVa. Urged to Increase Spending on Mental HealthWashington Post -Jan 4, 2008By Anita Kumar and Tim craig RICHMOND, Jan. 4 -- As GOP legislators unveiled proposals Friday to overhaul Virginia's mental health system, advocates for the mentally ill urged Gov.Can Virginia afford health care initiatives?Petersburg Progress IndexLawmakers put focus on mental healthRoanoke TimesRichmond Times Dispatch - Daily Press - WAVY-TV - WDBJ7.comall 25 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesDead crows found off Upper Glen Avenue weren't poisonedHornell Evening Tribune -Jan 4, 2008By ROB MONTANA - STAFF WRITER The initial belief was that the birds may have been poisoned, because DEC Environmental Conservation Officer Tom Flaitz said last week there was no evidence of the crows being shot.Hundreds of crows die from viral infectionAlbany Times UnionState counting crow deaths as virus strikesTimes Herald-RecordNewsday - WXXA - Auburn Citizen - Press &Sun-Bulletinall 14 news articles

  KCBY.com 11Hamill treated for breast cancerBaltimore Sun -Jan 5, 2008By Candus Thomson | Sun reporter January 5, 2008 Olympic gold medal skater Dorothy Hamill is being treated for breast cancer at Johns Hopkins' Kimmel Cancer Center.Dorothy Hamill Treated for Breast CancereFluxMediaIce Skating Icon Hamill Battles CancerAHNThe Associated Press - CBC News - MSNBC - Sarasota Herald-Tribuneall 341 news articles

  WRAL.comOptimism Over Latest NC Mental Health Plan Also About MessengerWRAL.com -3 hours agoBy GARY D. ROBERTSON AP Writer RALEIGH, NC - When state health Secretary Dempsey Benton put out a news release about a plan "to fix the state's mental health system," advocates and legislators were bound to be skeptical.Clean up mess once and for allBlueRidgeNow.comHealing HHSCharlotte ObserverGreensboro News Record - Winston-Salem Journal - Raleigh Chronicle - WLOSall 32 news articles

  ABC NewsCompanies Are Fighting for a Piece of Your New Year's ResolutionABC News -Jan 4, 2008The arrival this past year of the over-the-counter diet pill, Alli, has companies that market diets scrambling. (The Associated Press) By LAURA MARQUEZ From online to the airwaves, the race is on for your diet dollars.Putting faith in a weight-loss planBoston GlobeResolved to diet? Here's adviceHouston ChronicleBuffalo News - KRIS-TVall 5 news articles

  Health Benefits and RetireesNew York Times -Jan 4, 2008A new federal regulation allows employers to reduce or eliminate health benefits for retirees when they turn 65 and become eligible for Medicare.Ruling changes retiree benefitsAthens Daily ReviewRule change affects benefits for seniorsQuad City TimesArizona Daily Star - Lancaster Eagle Gazette - Kaiser network.org - Party for Socialism and Liberationall 13 news articles